Heeeelllppp - Time Sensitive - Can my desktop take another internal harddrive - specs

[shhibby]

Hi there,

Sorry to be so dramatic.

Im actually out and about and determined to get some extra storage space TODAY!.. i have been considering external up until now, but just realised that for my purposes internal wouldnt make much of a difference.

However, i'm not tech savvy enough to know whether my desktop specs can support another internal storage card.

Here are my desktop details:

Case PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX570 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£90)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W TX SERIES (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU (£78)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£19)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card HAUPPAUGE HI-DEF SATELITTE DVB-S2 TV RECIEVER (WinTV-NOVA-HD-S2)
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£147)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE

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So all help is appreciated - thank you in advance.

sincerely,

Sal.

 

[Wozza63]

it seems that you will need a 5.25" adapter

you could get a single like this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-5-...8S9W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1329852056&sr=8-3
this single one will probably be better and also has 3 small fans on it, this will not only cool the hard drive, but should slightly improve other components temps
http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-Dr...7XCO/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1329852056&sr=8-7

or you can get a big one for 4 drives like this which also has a 120mm fan which will improve case temps a decent amount
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Mast...CDGC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1329852250&sr=8-2

 

[tom_gr7]

You will have no problem connecting another hard drive up,

@wozza, he would just be able to install the drive the drive cage thats already in the case.

 

[Wozza63]

if you look, the case only offers a space for a single drive, and i'm guessing he wants to keep the HDD currently in his PC